OCHA Situation Report No. 25
Sudan: Darfur
24 July 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Needs and response by sector
Education

North Darfur

With UNICEF funding the Child Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) 
completed the construction of six (6) semi-permanent classrooms in Abu 
Zerega and four (4) permanent classrooms in Um Marahik village benefiting 
500 children.

Health and Nutrition

North Darfur

With UNICEF support the State Ministry of Health (SMoH) Reproductive 
Health Department visited Kutum Rural hospital. Advice and support was 
given to 10 midwives and 15 health visitors.

As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) main objective of 
increasing access to primary health care and referral systems, several 
training activities were carried out with partners. With support from the 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the WHO 20 health workers from 
the Maternity Hospital underwent a refresher-training on clinical 
management of rape cases. The same training session was attended by 10 
health staff of GOAL from Kutum.

WHO continues to support the SMoH and partners to plan for the rainy 
season. Required medical supplies and drugs are being prepositioned in 
high-risk areas.

Support to rural and state hospitals continues amid the tense security 
situation in Darfur. WHO supported Kabkabiya Rural Hospital with x-ray 
films, while laboratory reagents were donated to the El Fasher Maternity 
hospital. This will enhance the laboratory capacity of the hospital and 
will enable the hospital to provide free access of IDPs to quality 
laboratory services.

Partners such as the Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO), Mercy 
Malaysia and Humanitarian Aid Development (HAD) working in Zam Zam IDP 
Camp were supported by the WHO with drugs and medical supplies. Kutum 
hospital was also supported with essential drugs to ensure free access of 
services for IDPs.

WHO provided technical support in drugs management to UNFPA by installing 
an electronic database system. The system will help in monitoring and 
controlling reproductive health drugs consumption. The officer in-charge 
of reproductive health supplies management was trained on how to use the 
database.

With support from the WHO, 525 health promoters in 12 localities will be 
trained on environmental health and health promotion in El Fasher 
locality.

South Darfur

Nutritional supplies of nutritional paste (Plumpynut - 598 cartons), F755 
(30 cartons), F100 (250 cartons) and Resomal (12 cartons) have been 
released to UNICEF partners CARE International, World Vision, Tearfund and 
the SMoH. Additionally, a blanket supplementary feeding program was 
conducted in Al Salam camp - by World Vision for 11,603 children under 
five years of age.

Monitoring visits to Nyala Teaching Hospital were conducted by WHO to 
oversee implementation of ensuring free access of health services to IDPs 
referred in the hospital. Medical supplies and drugs are in place at the 
said hospital to guarantee free services to referred IDPs.

WHO supported the vector control campaign which was concluded last week. 
Reduction of the density of mosquitoes and houseflies around the town of 
Nyala was the main objective of the campaign. WHO supported the campaign 
through provision of insecticides while other entities such as Malaria 
Programme, Environmental Health Corporation in Nyala locality provided 
technical and logistical support to the campaign.

West Darfur

In Zalingei, 30 teachers - with the support of UNICEF - have completed a 
five-day training on HIV/AIDS life skills curriculum.

With UNICEF support, 31 staff from El Geneina hospital have completed a 
three-day training on the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. Much of the 
focus was upon breast feeding, including the importance of breast feeding 
and the link to child survival; methods and problems associated with 
breast feeding; the bond between mother and baby; as well as ideas for 
making the hospital more 'baby friendly'.

The WHO continues to supply El Geneina Teaching Hospital with emergency 
drugs and is closely working with the hospital management to identify 
support for the rehabilitation of the cholera treatment centre.

Non-Food Items (NFIs)

West Darfur

The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) distributed 
eight (8) plastic sheeting for a program support from Common Pipeline 
stock.

Water and Sanitation

North Darfur

WHO - in collaboration with UNICEF - is supporting the SMoH to conduct 
water quality control activities in El Fasher town targeting 63 boreholes 
and five (5) water points. The exercise started with mapping of all water 
sources to identify the functional and non functional ones. Chlorine 
tablets were provided to all water attendants. On the job training was 
conducted for eight (8) water attendants and the training was facilitated 
by the SMoH.

The State Water Corporation (SWC) mobilized the Zam Zam IDP Camp community 
to rehabilitate 200 latrines and clean up 920 others in an effort to 
encourage safer hygiene practices. While in El Fasher town, 485 children 
were given training - with UNICEF support - on hygiene education messages 
and another 106 teachers were trained in basic hygiene education.

South Darfur

The SWC in conjunction with UNICEF trained key state holders in a water 
sustainability workshop in Nyala. In addition, maintenance of motorized 
water schemes in Otash (8), Mosai (1), Kass (5), al Salam (5), El Neem 
(3), Khor Omar (1), El Fardous (1), New Secalei (1), Gereida (2), Feina 
(2) and Kalma (2) IDP Camps was carried out.

West Darfur

WHO continues to monitor water quality activities carried out by 
non-government organizations in Krenik, Geneina, Habila, Forbaranga and 
Bendi areas. Technical and logistical support is extended to health 
partners. WHO recently provided water quality monitoring equipment, 
re-agents and various supplies to Medair.

UNICEF and the SWC reached over 490 household in an environmental and 
hygiene cleanup campaign in Dorti and Ardamata IDP Camps. In addition to 
this, four (4) additional campaigns in hygiene promotion were attended by 
400 women and youth groups.

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Information Analyst, United Nations, Khartoum, Sudan, Email: 
zarroug@un.org, Telephone: +249-9-12160065

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